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Archived Features: February 2009 |
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KEPLER ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PAD | February 20, 2009 |
 Full resolution A truck carrying NASA's Kepler spacecraft, enclosed in a canister and protective cover, arrives at Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Final preparations are underway for launch aboard a Delta II rocket at 10:48 p.m. (EST) on March 5. On February 19, a Kepler press conference was held at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC. Images and videos from the press event, along with a PDF version of the NASA Press Kit, are available here. |
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KEPLER PREPARES FOR LAUNCH | February 5, 2009 |
Kepler, designed to detect habitable terrestrial planets around other stars, remains on track to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the evening of March 5. On January 30, NASA's Kennedy Space Center coordinated a photo opportunity for the media in the clean room at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida. Additional images of the telescope, the last photos available before the spacecraft is integrated into its Delta launch vehicle, are available here. The spacecraft is now securely covered and will soon be fueled. Kepler will be moved to the launch site in mid-February for final launch preparations.Feb. 12 2009 Press Release. Image Credit: NASA/KSC Full resolution |
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LCROSS Observation Campaign | February 5, 2009 |
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When LCROSS impacts the Moon in late summer, a worldwide network of ground-
and space-based telescopes will observe the impact plume, providing valuable
complementary observations at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. NASA
recently announced it will fund four competitively-selected teams for the
additional data analysis. The teams are led by Eliot Young (Southwest
Research Institute, Boulder CO), Nancy Chanover (New Mexico State Univ., Las
Cruces NM), Marc Buie (Southwest Research Institute), and Faith Vilas (Univ.
Arizona, Tucson AZ). |
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